Percival Matthews
Position title: Special Advisor to the Provost for Community Belonging and Engagement
Email: pmatthews@wisc.edu
Areas of Responsibility
As special advisor to the provost for community belonging and engagement, Percival Matthews engages a large number of key stakeholders both from the university and beyond to promote and socialize the component of the institutional Strategic Framework known as the Community Commitments. This work is designed to help define what it means to be part of UW–Madison — not only what we believe, but also how we aspire to engage with one another in pursuit of learning, discovery, and the public good.
Biography
Percival Matthews, Ph.D., serves as special advisor to the provost for community belonging and engagement. Percival is also a professor in UW–Madison’s Department of Educational Psychology and currently serves as associate dean for academic programs in the School of Education. Percival earned his bachelor’s degree in physics from Harvard University, an MA in Political Science from the University of Chicago, and a Ph.D. in Psychology from Vanderbilt University. His primary research focus is on mathematical cognition.